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frontfiring

frontfiring is the present participle and gerund of frontfire.

Meaning of frontfire

Verb

frontfire (third-person singular simple present frontfires, present participle frontfiring, simple past and past participle frontfired)

  1. To have the intended effect.
    • Talking of backfire, frontfire or whatever, John Carroll can give it both barrels, and simultaneously.2002 August 18, Liam Griffin, “For the championship’s sake, it must be Tipp”, in Sunday Tribune (Dublin, Ireland)

Questions about frontfiring

What is frontfiring the present participle and gerund of?
Frontfiring is the present participle and gerund of frontfire.

Words near frontfiring in the dictionary

  1. frontest
  2. Frontex
  3. frontfire
  4. frontfired
  5. frontfires
  6. frontfiring
  7. frontflip
  8. frontflips
  9. frontgroup
  10. frontgroups
  11. fronthaul

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